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The list of California’s designated symbols just got longer now that Gov. Jerry Brown declared that the Golden State will have its own official dinosaur.

Called the Augustynolophus morrisi, the duck-billed hadrosaur roamed California 66 million years ago during the late Cretaceous period when Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops were contemporaries. They grew to be as big as 26 feet tall and 11 feet long.

The only two known fossils of the dinosaur, nicknamed “Auggie,” were found in Fresno and San Benito counties by paleontologists in 1939 and 1940, according to a news release from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, where the remains are on display.

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That makes the Augustynolophus “a unique dinosaur that has only been found in California,” according to Assembly Bill 1540, which Brown signed on Saturday.

The herbivore joins dozens of other state symbols, including the well-known grizzly bear and the coast redwood tree, as well as the lesser-known emblems like the state dance (the West Coast Swing) and the state fruit (avocado).

That list also includes denim as the state’s official fabric, the saber-tooth cat as its official fossil, the California dogface butterfly as the designated insect, artichoke as the state vegetable and rice as California’s official grain.

The bill to add the dinosaur to the roster was introduced to the Legislature in February by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Bloom of Santa Monica, who said the state needed an official dinosaur for educational opportunities.

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“Dinosaurs are cool and highlighting a dinosaur that has such a deep connection to our state will stimulate interest in paleontology and science overall, particularly with children,” Bloom said.

Bloom went on to say that elementary school students have sent “dozens of petitions, letters and drawings of the dinosaur, confirming that ‘Auggie’ has already gotten children engaged in the legislative process and excited about paleontology.”

Auggie also had his own twitter account, which describes the extinct animal as a “native Californian, Los Angeles resident, older than Jerry Brown (barely), vegetarian, firm believer in science.”

“We did it!” he exclaimed in a reply to the Natural History Museum’s official Twitter announcement that included animated dancing dinosaurs. That was followed by tweets that read, “Party over here!” and “Dreams do come true!”

“It’s fun to have a state dinosaur,” said the history museum’s Director of the Dinosaur Institute Luis Chiappe, “but it also gives us an opportunity to teach people about the nature of science and the surprising richness of the natural history of California.”

The unofficial state dog also weighed in.

Colusa “Lucy” Brown, a member of the governor’s family with her own Twitter account, had the following message: “ANNOYED @ dad 4 making @augustynolophus the official CA dino. Should have been the Colusasaurus Rex. Ruff...I mean rawr #FirstDog#FirstDino.”

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